There is a satisfying breadth of phrasing to Lugansky’s Fantasie, along with a volatility that fits Schumann’s conception well. In the first movement his sound expands naturally into the most ...

Music by Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Wagner in the recital by Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky, expected in Naples, on Thursday, November 20 (8:30 PM) at Teatro Sannazaro, for the music season ...

In the noumenal sphere, both pianists reach for the "thing in itself", Ding an sich, chose en soi – choose your language – and avoid the slightest hint of what Ingmar Bergman called "whoring after the ...

Piano lovers in Washington have had a number of opportunities to hear Nikolai Lugansky in recent years — he's played here with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, and with the ...

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Nikolai Lugansky is hailed all over the world as the latest in a long line of great Russian pianists, yet in this country he is barely known. But that is about to change. He talks to Geoffrey Norris ...

It will be hard to top the one-two punch this past week of pianist Nikolai Lugansky on Tuesday and violinist Augustin Hadelich on Wednesday. Both were magnificent, and whether it was intentional, the ...

"Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich" - so wünscht sich Robert Schumann den Beginn seiner Fantasie op. 17. Nikolai Lugansky ist der Wunsch des Komponisten Befehl. Doch überborgend klingt sein ...

Der russische Pianist Nikolai Lugansky gibt am 24. Februar sein Debüt im Pierre Boulez Saal. Neben Schumanns „Faschingsschwank aus Wien“ stehen Beethovens „Sturmsonate“, Wagners „Isoldes Liebestod“ in ...

Firenze, 17 marzo 2026 – Prosegue il ricco cartellone degli Amici della Musica. Sabato 21 marzo, alle ore 16, al Teatro della Pergola, per la Stagione degli Amici della Musica di Firenze, il pianista ...

Nicolai Lugansky (Moscú, 1972) tenía cinco años y medio cuando escuchó tocar a su padre una canción popular rusa en un piano de juguete. El pequeño no solo oía ...